We have given the "anti-splat" a good work out.
You do not plan to for the incidence's that test the product but when you are flying into grass and dirt fields (and some times sealed), something unexpected can happen.
The wife did her training in our 9a and the instructor tells me she has given the nosewheel a good workout (thanks antisplat).
On late rollout on a bush strip I had to swerve to avoid hitting a Kangaroo hiding in the late afternoon shadows and went through some large off-field bumps (thanks Anti-splat).
Landed on a friends private field to discover that a storm had been through the area the night before and again on late roll out (as we always hold the front wheel off as long as possible), when the front wheel came down it sank into the mud and the wheel pant became a ski (thanks Anti-splat).
Our CFI's home, private bush strip, is only 1000' long (he only does short field training on here). You drag it in over the tree's and after touch down hold the front wheel off for a short time, before lowering it down and on the brakes to stop by his hangar (800')
On our recent 2600 nm trip from SE QLD (Australia) to W'bool (Vic) and back through the red centre. After landing on W'bools grass cross strip and again on late rollout hit, what I found out later to be a 3" higher sealed main runway, resulting in a wheel stand that did slight damage to the rudder bottom fairing. There was no damage to the front leg from this impact with the sealed runway, thanks again to "Antisplat".
As Larry would say, that's my 2 cents